This piece extends Maria Dmitrieva's earlier ESSF analysis of the Russian left's colonial imagination , tracing how the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, “Left Front”, the Ukrainian “Borotba”, “Antifa-Moldova” and their successor structures have served as vehicles for Kremlin destabilisation across the former USSR. From the 2014 occupations of Donbas and Crimea, through the attempted sabotage of Moldovan elections, to current “peace” mobilisations in Germany, France and the (…)

Saif Abu Keshek, who was detained by Israel, in his first interview with an Israeli outlet: 'One of the interrogators told me they tried very hard in Gaza, but ran out of bombs and only managed to kill 100,000'
Barcelona airport, on May 10, 2026 upon his arrival following his release by Israeli authorities. Spanish national of Palestinian origin Saif Abu Keshek, activist from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, leaves Barcelona airport, on May 10, 2026 upon his arrival following his release by (…)

US president hails ‘fantastic' deals, but details remain scarce after pageantry and little progress at much-hyped summit with Xi
Key points from the Donald Trump-Xi Jinping summit – video analysis
Donald Trump left China on Friday after a much-hyped summit of the world's two major powers that was rich in pageantry and promises of stability, but offered little by way of tangible progress.
The US president had gone into the two-day talks with China's Xi Jinping weakened by his prolonged (…)

« La visite d'Emmanuel Macron à Athènes les 24 et 25 avril a été saluée en grande pompe par le gouvernement de droite et la presse grand public. (...) Il ne fait toutefois aucun doute que, dans le domaine militaire et géopolitique, la priorité absolue de l'État grec est sa relation avec les États-Unis. »
La visite d'Emmanuel Macron à Athènes les 24 et 25 avril a été saluée en grande pompe par le gouvernement de droite et la presse grand public.
Au cours de cette visite, le pacte « de (…)

[L'arrestation de divers criminels du régime d'Assad met en lumière la pratique de la justice transitionnelle exercée par le régime d'Ahmed al-Chaara. A ce propos s'affrontent deux visions très différentes de cette justice transitionnelle en Syrie. Dans le Guardian du 4 mai 2026, Melvyn Ingleby et William Christou indiquent : « Les victimes des atrocités d'Assad, ainsi que celles des autres parties prenantes à la longue guerre civile du pays, exigent des processus transparents de (…)